Earthmom
Button Mushroom
"Time is a queer teacher; first comes the test and then comes the lesson" -unknown
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Post by Earthmom on Jul 26, 2011 8:32:32 GMT -6
The lobsters are up and growing beautifully in the north so check your conifer and hardwood mixed forests for them! They tend to grow on the mounds within the forest. Also they will grow in all pine plantations, often actually. Good luck!
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Post by avngal on Jul 31, 2011 18:56:46 GMT -6
Lobsters are starting here in the SE. Much more tasty under oaks then pines.
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Post by ljojo on Aug 1, 2011 12:25:52 GMT -6
Went back for those lobsters today. Thanks avngal & earthmom  |
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Earthmom
Button Mushroom
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Post by Earthmom on Aug 1, 2011 12:27:20 GMT -6
Went back for those lobsters today. Thanks avngal & earthmom JOJO - Shoot me some pics of those when you get them home...I'd love to see what you found!!! |
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omth
Mycelium
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Post by omth on Aug 3, 2011 11:57:26 GMT -6
 Lobster? |
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Post by mushroommike on Aug 3, 2011 14:46:51 GMT -6
Looks like one to me. You hunting in mke Omth?
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omth
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Post by omth on Aug 3, 2011 17:20:52 GMT -6
Mike, nope... I moved to Ashland over the weekend!
That was the only one I found and it was half eaten by bugs... but yesterday we got almost 3 inches of rain so in a few days the area might be worth another look.
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Earthmom
Button Mushroom
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Post by Earthmom on Aug 12, 2011 8:57:41 GMT -6
Well, on my trip north I was able to find several pounds of lobster mushrooms. They really seem to be the reliable mushroom in drought. And so yummy! My kids and mom-in-law give them a ten out of ten!
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Post by patrick on Aug 12, 2011 10:19:50 GMT -6
Nailed over 20lbs of super fresh lobsters in Minocqua yesterday!
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Post by CP Dan on Aug 12, 2011 12:48:38 GMT -6
Patrick, I'm in tomahawk right now. Going to do some hunting over the next few days. Where are you looking up here? Public forest land?
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Post by patrick on Aug 12, 2011 13:36:37 GMT -6
I get mine in Hazelhurst. Anywhere there are Tamarack dominant woods. You'll definitely be walking through lots of little branches that break as you walk through, but the lobsters definitely stick out. There are lots of tamarack woods all over that area. Lobsters can be spotty, but when you get into them they can really dominate an area. Now is definitely the time to be searching up there! |
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Post by patrick on Aug 12, 2011 13:38:06 GMT -6
Just weighed the biggest one I found on a digital scale and it was exactly 1 pound! Biggest one I've ever found.
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Post by patrick on Aug 12, 2011 13:39:03 GMT -6
Oh, and they don't have to be under tamaracks, but thats were I generally find them. They'll be in mixed hardwoods too.
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Earthmom
Button Mushroom
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Post by Earthmom on Aug 18, 2011 11:08:53 GMT -6
While Joe and I were up north in Chequamegon, we also ran across a few pounds of lobsters in mixed hardwood/conifer woods. When he drove home I decided to head east and ran in to over twenty pounds of lobsters! I only stopped collecting because I had to get home, not because there weren't anymore! I can honestly say that I have never seen so many lobsters in one stretch of forest in my whole life! And last year I saw a lot lot lot on a foray so this is really saying something!  Here's Joe the Mushroom slayer, slaying some Zzzzzs   |
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Post by aaron on Aug 18, 2011 12:16:30 GMT -6
Nice haul Earthmom!!
I'm still trying to find a good way to prepare what little amount of Lobsters we have. I think they are rather bland when sauteed so there must be a better way. If not, then I have trouble figuring out why they're so sought after. I really envy you finding the 3 lbs of hedgehogs though.
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